Iron-cased-basket street-marker.



A. C. HOBBS. IRON'GASED BASKET STREET MARKER. APPLICATION FILED FEB.24,1913.

1,1 30,086, Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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ED STAS AT ALBERT C. HOBBS, OF HUNTINGTON, "WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO HENRY C. HARVEY, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

IRON-CASED-IBASKET STREET-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed February 24, 1913. Serial No. 750,390.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. Hones, a citizen of the United States,residing at Huntington, in the county of Cabell and State of VestVirginia, have invented a new and useful Iron-Cased-Basket Street-Marker, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is areceptacle adapted to be placed at street corners or elsewhere, for thepurpose of receiving waste paper.

The invention aims to provide novel means whereby the receptacle may beventilated, and to provide novel means whereby the paper which is in thereceptacle will be prevented from blowing out of the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a receptacle which may beemptied readily, and which may be kept in a sanitarv condition.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the invention inperspective; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section; and Fig. 3 is atransverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a case, the casepreferably being fashioned from metal and being in the present instance,although not necessarily of rectangular contour. The case 1 comprises abottom 2. There is an opening in the lower end of the case, the openingbeing shown as a central ventilating opening 3 in the bottom 2, therebeing other openings i in the bottom 2, adapted to receive securingelements whereby the case 1 may be secured to suitable legs L or besecured to sub-structure of any desired sort.

Connected by means of hinges 5 with the case 1 is a cover 6 which is offrusto-pyramidal outline, the cover 6 comprising flaring side walls 7.In the top of the cover 6 there is an opening 8, the side walls 7 beingequipped, about the periphery of the opening 8, with depending tongues 9located at an acute angle to the inner faces of the fiaring side walls 7of the cover 6.

Upon the side walls 7 of the cover 6, the names of streets may be markedas shown at 10, the points of the compass being also shown upon the sidewalls 7 as indicated at 1 Located within the case 1 and conformingclosely thereto is a basket 12 which preferably is fashioned out of wirenetting or other foraminous material. The basket 12 is equipped withhandles 14. The handles 14, constituting a portion of the basket,upstand above the case for manual manipulation.

In practical operation, the waste paper is thrust intothe opening 8 inthe cover 6 and is received within the basket 12.

Owing to the fact that the bottom 2 of the case 1 is provided with theopening 3, the contents of the basket 12 will be thoroughly ventilated,this ventilation of course, being promoted by the fact that the basket12 is of foraminous construction. In order that the waste paper withinthe basket 12 may not be blown out of the opening 8, due to the airentering the ventilating opening 3, or entering the case in any othermanner, the tongues 9 are provided, it being obvious that any wastepaper which is carried upwardly toward the opening 8 will be engaged bythe tongues 9 and be held in place within the case. Owing to the pointedform of the tongues 9, the same Will be of peculiar utility to theendabove pointed out.

Having thus described the invention What the basket and communicatingWith the air exterior tothe case, the top having an un- Copies of thispatent may be obtained for encumbered opening, the openings cooperat ingto produce a continuous draft through the basket; and acircumferentially discontinuous support upholding the case.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have. heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT o. HOBBS.

Witnesses: n

r O; W'. FREEMAN, J. T. GRAHAM.

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